September 12, 2019—In our community we encourage training records and PATs, but should testing be mandatory for service dog teams? In a revealing new article, PSDP’s Brad Morris explains why “Forced service dog testing is not the fix you might think“.

August 5, 2019—Registration for the 2020 PSDP convention in Rock Hill, South Carolina is now open! Join us to make heartwarming and psyche-strengthening memories April 3rd–6th. Register in 2019 for a 25% discount!

March 22, 2019—Convention registration ended March 4th. If you can’t make it to our South Carolina convention this year, at least you can enjoy our new convention videos! The first one is a kind of tour of the convention, while the second is a 60-second peek into the activities on our Public Access Test (PAT).

February 12, 2019—Learn what various types of service dog users have to say about community solidarity. Our Feb. 1st press release now has a captioned recording of our guide dog conference panel, which is also here in tiny form:

January 1, 2019—Channel that positive new-year energy and discover ways to improve the world! Get tips on how to use your interests and strengths with our Easy advocacy how-to. It’s designed to provide a menu of simple options everyone can choose something from. Try it out and make yourself better along the way!

Training Log Downloads

We have a variety of service dog training downloads to suit your needs: spreadsheet and single-page varieties, both filled-out samples and blank for your use. These service dog training downloads are in multiple file formats for your convenience!

There are three major categories of training log downloads above: training log page, spreadsheet, and “create-your-own” example. Each major category only contains the very same document, but in different file formats or with filled-out samples, so there are essentially only different versions of three basic documents on this page.

Why there isn’t just one document:

Our training log page can be used for a single day or an individual training session. The spreadsheet is for keeping track of multiple entries in one location. It’s up to you whether to log your progress in a spreadsheet, on single pages, or both.

Since it’s so important to keep track of your training (see the Training Logs page to find out why), we want to be sure you know that keeping track in some format that can reveal progress is more important than using the particular (thorough) log we offer. If ours is too much for you, we highly recommend crafting your own, rather than not keeping track of training at all.

That’s why we’ve included an example of a simpler training log at the end of this service dog training downloads page, as our “create-your-own” example. It was generated by a community member who experiences sensory overload when looking at more complicated versions.

We have provided the sample, filled-out documents and create-your-own example in printable (pdf) versions, and the fillable spreadsheet and single page log are available in multiple formats to enable greater access to users of various software, including software that is available online for free.